You are a nurse in a free community clinic continually treating patients who, for one reason or another, do not access healthful foods. Every body system is affected by poor nutrition, yet it is very difficult to communicate the importance of balanced nutrition to your patients from every age group. What would you include in your teaching plan about healthful foods?

You are a nurse in a free community clinic continually treating patients who, for one reason or another, do not access healthful foods. Every body system is affected by poor nutrition, yet it is very difficult to communicate the importance of balanced nutrition to your patients from every age group. What would you include in your teaching plan about healthful foods?

Ebk:Nutrition & Diet Therapy

10th Edition

ISBN:9780357391747

Author:DEBRUYNE

Publisher:DEBRUYNE

Chapter14: Illness And Nutrition Care

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 10SC

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